German Potato Salad with Würstchen
Germans love a good German potato salad recipe with Wiener sausages on Christmas Eve. Kartoffelsalat mit Würstchen is a simple, stress-free meal that can be made ahead of time and that everybody loves!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 kilograms waxy potatoes (like gold potatoes)
- 150 grams red onion
- 100 grams thick-cut bacon
- 200 grams dill pickles (large pickles, I linked the German pickles I use)
- 5 eggs (plus more for garnish)
- 400 milliliters vegetable broth (you can also use chicken broth)
- 100 milliliters pickle juice
- 3 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- salt, pepper & sugar to taste
- 250 grams mayo
- chopped parsley, more boiled eggs, sliced pickles (for garnish)
- 8 Wiener sausages (I buy mine at a local German butcher, but you can also find them online.)
Instructions
- 1
Boil potatoes, skin on, ideally the day before preparing the salad. Then peel, leaving the potatoes whole, and keep cool and covered until ready to put together the salad.
- 2
Boil your eggs (use instructions above for medium-boiled eggs, making sure to boil a few additional eggs for garnish). Let them cool and dice.
- 3
Medium dice the pickles and Wiener sausages.
- 4
Combine everything in a medium-sized bowl.
- 5
Slice the potatoes into about 1/4 inch thick slices and combine them in a bowl with the small diced onion.
- 6
To make the dressing, in a medium-sized pot, combine broth, pickle juice, mustard and bring to a boil. Add salt, pepper and sugar to taste (it should not be too sour or else grandma gets mad!).
- 7
Let cool slightly, then pour over potato-onion mixture and let marinate for 10 minutes before folding in the mayo.
- 8
Combine with the diced pickles, eggs, and crisped bacon pieces. Keep cool in the fridge, and garnish before serving with more eggs, pickles, and parsley before serving.
- 9
Warm the Wiener sausages in a large pot of cold water, then warm them, but do not let them boil.
- 10
Serve family-style and enjoy! Guten Appetit!